Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-18

| A BRIDGEPORT MAN befriended a stranger
| on the cars few days ago between that city
| and Springfield to the amount of 42c., which
| the stranger required to reach home with, as
| he had been robbed on the train by gamblers.
The bridgeport man was surprised 20 receive
| letter incoslng 81 bill with thanks for the
! loan. The bill and letter have been framed.
| IF the Bill Taylor, of Goodelrs ranch, wy.
| t.. can be believed, he is the champion hunter
| of the plains. One day. recently, he gays. he
saw herd of 900 antelope in canyon. He
| walked around to the head OF the canon and
| got a good shot at close quarters into the
| herd. Seven head dropped dead at the first
shot, and after a few more shoJs he killed
| eighteen.
HARRY EDWARDS. of Wilkesbarre, was
member of the Salvation Army, but he fell
from grace and went back to his wicked
| ways. The other night he went to a meeting
| of the Army and scoffed, and some say bias
phemed. Then suddenly he said: II cannot
| see. | cannot see!' and he has been blind
| since. Many think he has been visited with
| Divine wrath.
THERE are queer translations and CONVEX
slons of names in the Gulf of the st. Law
| renee. Thus, Cape Chatte, named from noted
| parsonage. has been made Cat Cape. Polnte
de Monts has been transformed into DEVILS
| Point. But the best joke of ali is that of Cape
| o'Espolr, which, instead of being translated
| into Hope Point, now bears the phonetic OPP
poslte of Cape Despair.
THERE is an immense contract for torpedo
! boats and other warllke craft open in Spain.
The government OF the Queen Regent intends
| to spend S45, 000, 900 for the purpose of placing
| the spanish fleet on a proper footing. The
| money is to be raised by the sale of certain
| crown lands. Naturally this is d process
| which requires time. and therefore syndi-
| cate has been formed to sell these lands.
THREE YEARS AGO John Lutte secured a
claim in Sargent county, Dak., and two years
| Of nr- diaI mid &c
| claim, a cabin and five children under 10
| years of age, and with her own hands she is
! making living for them Off the land. One
! of the coolest days recently she went alone
| three miles to haul load of straw for her
| stock. On the way the load upset, and she
| reloaded, with the thermometer % degs. be-
! low zero.
IT Is reported from Cherry Hill Pa, that
farmer there has a Pet crow that has asso-
ciated with his chickens so long that it actual
ly lmaglnes itself one. 1t struts around the
barnyard all day scratching for gram, goes to
roost with the hens at night and in all things
tries to ape the manners of its associates
During the late warm spell one of the hens
took notion to try to hatch out china egg
and the crow, not to be ouJdone, hunted up
an old bone and followed suit.
SENATOR DUNHAM, of the New York State
Senate, enjoys the distinction of wearing the
finest waistcoat in the State. 1t was import
ed by friend from Vienna and was present.
ed to the Senator on account of his beauty
The wastcoat is pale olive color, with silk
half moons and dancing figures woven in the
cloth. And they say that when its owner
makes careful survey of himself In his mir
ror that he remembers the tales about the
handsome men of various ages with q smile
that isn't out OF sorts with Itself or the smi.~
IN tom Tidder's Grounds" Miss Marryat
relates how. in rushing through the country,
''she saw every other person in the railway
cars" with her books in their hands. She in
forms US that "she has been used to mix in
the highest society,"" She thinks the abste-
miOusness of American women put on. and is
afraid they must have been very much
shocked at her brandies and sodas; she is
thankful she saw little OF American children.
observing that they are doubtless las nice as
other peoples brats, which is not saying much
for them"
EPERNAY, in France, is vast subterranean
city of champagne. For miles and miles there
are streets hewn out of the solid chalk, fianked
with piles of bottles with campagne of all
blends and qualities There is no light in
this labyrinth of streets, CROSSINGS and tnrn
ings, except what the splutterng candles
afford. All is dark, dank and damp with the
temperature away down about zero. The
largest champagne manufacturers in Eper-
nay have underground cellars which cover
forty-fve acres and contain 5000. 600 bottles
of wine. There is whole street in Epernay
lined with hne chateauX, all owned by cham
payne men.
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the Richmond State, "that tobacco, as a rule.
has failed to be profitable crop in the past
few years. There is 10 reason why we should
conceal the fact that Richmond has ceased to
hold her former position among the tobacco
markets of this country. There ia no use
in concealing the fact that Richmond no
longer stands at the head Of the list As the
greatest manufacturer OF the weed in the
world. since kentucky has produced the
burly on such tremendous scale the tobacco
situation has changed very mucn. Indeed the
change has amounted almost to a revolution
considered agrculturally"
NECESSITY is the mother of a large brood Of
inventions in prohibition Maine particularly
among those to whom strong drink Is a nee
essity. One such recently asked a Lisbon
druggist TO sell him some alcohol for his sore
finger. The druggist would not. "Won't
you pour some on my finger, then q, asked
the IN an. The druggist said that he would.
and took hold of the finger, which was com
pletely hidden IN bandages of cloth. IL
yielded to his touch. and he pulled at il. the
bandage came of. and revealed the fact that
the finger was badly bogus, being made nm Of
a sponge. 1t was the fellows evident design
to get the sponge well soaked, and then suck
out the alcohol.
THE folly of the French Canadians Of Mon
treal in resisting vaccination year ago when
the SIN all-pox broke out in that city has been
strikingly demonstrated by the report Of DIR.
Louis Laberge, the health officer. The pro-
pOTLlon Oh uedtHb tnhJ year among Catholics
other than French was 29.6 per l,01O among
Professionals 20.05 per 1000. among che French
Canadians 6i.72 per 1000; this great excess of
mortality, says DR.. LaberRe, being mainly
due To the neglect of vaccination or opposi-
ton to IL among the latter class of people A
still more striking illustration is given bv the
Rev. Able Decaris. In the munlcipalitv Of
ST. Henri, near Montreal, the number of
smallpox cases was 1913. OF this number
there were 10 who refused to be yaccinated
The whole lis died, while of the remaining
llS who had been vaccinated not one died.
THE Pail Mall Gazette has elected some i'm
teresting information from the secretaries OF
the different railway companies in London
regarding the light used in suburban trains.
Since 1882 the London and Southwestern
Railway Company has spent 100000 in pur-
chasing gas works and flung trains with
Raslight. The cost per lamp for gas il only
Ba6d. against .625d. for oil. The company
recognizes IN electricity "the light of the
future" but It Is yet too expensive for light.
ing railway carriages. The London, Brighton
and south Coast Railway Company is making
experiments with the view of i'm proving the
lighting OF its carriages. AT the beginning OF
the new year twelve trains Will be selected
for this purpose. Six will be lighted with oil |
under new conditions, ana six by means OF |
electricity. The resolution TO try the latter |
experiment has been come TO in consequence
OF the results got with train running on the |
crystal Palace and Croydon lines II is said
that OIL costs per train Go per annum. and